A microcomputer based system to provide report quality borehole records

Howland, A. F.; Podolski, N.

doi:10.1144/gsl.qjeg.1985.018.04.08

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“…Oliver (1994) suggests that it is important to note that, whilst such systems are not strictly databases, they do store geotechnical data in data files and hence have led to the foundation of sophisticated geotechnical databases. Such examples include systems produced by Howland & Polanski (1985), Chaplow (1986) and Finn & Eldred (1987).…”

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The development of a knowledge-based system for the preliminary investigation of contaminated land

Martin

Toll

2006

Computers and Geotechnics

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The development of a knowledge-based system for the preliminary investigation of contaminated land

Martin

Toll

2006

Computers and Geotechnics

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Production of borehole logs using a microcomputer

Chaplow

1986

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Summary A software package has been developed and implemented on a BBC microcomputer system which allows borehole data to be entered into disc files and full borehole logs, including both graphical and textual components, to be prepared automatically from the stored data. The operator can select the required format and scale from a menu of standard options or can set up any required special layout. Any required scale can be selected and log headings may be printed in either the English or French language. Once a set of data has been entered into a disc file, the information can be replotted at will to any required format and scale. Thus, after having prepared a detailed log at say 1:50 scale, the same data can be replotted as a summary log at, for example, 1:200 for direct inclusion in an interpretative drawing and as a simplified log at 1:100 scale. Detailed borehole logs can be prepared using the computer system with man-hour inputs of around 300f those required to prepare similar logs manually. Overall cost savings increase dramatically if there is a need to replot the same data to produce summary or simplified logs as would be required for the preparation of interpretative reports and drawings.

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Use of computers in the engineering geology of the urban renewal of London's docklands

Howland¹

1992

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A systematic collation of geotechnical information has given engineering geology an important role in the renewal of London's docklands. It has provided a ready source of information to other parties and allowed an improvement in the understanding of the regional engineering geology of the area. A microcomputer database, termed GEODASY, was devised specifically to store the data. This allowed for a projected 10 000 boreholes and holds both stratigraphic as well as field and laboratory test data. The data can be retrieved in a variety of formats. The basic output is a tabulated format which collates and unifies the presentation of the data. Other graphical output produces scaled plans or long sections while preprocessing by the system during enquiry gives X-Y plots allowing a high level of interpretation of the data. The approach could be similarly used wherever there is a strongly defined area of interest.

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A microcomputer based system to provide report quality borehole records

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The development of a knowledge-based system for the preliminary investigation of contaminated land

The development of a knowledge-based system for the preliminary investigation of contaminated land

Production of borehole logs using a microcomputer

Use of computers in the engineering geology of the urban renewal of London's docklands

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